Orbus Software today announced the release of its latest research report, ‘The Global CIO Report – Enterprise AI Adoption: Risks, Readiness, and Ensuring Strategic Value’, designed to help CIOs and enterprise architecture (EA) leaders address a critical challenge: AI adoption is accelerating faster than enterprise visibility and governance can keep up.
The report is based on a global survey of 500 enterprise CIOs, conducted to understand what’s happening inside large organizations as AI scales across teams, tools, and processes – and what leaders need to do to regain control without slowing innovation.
Among the most significant findings:
- 98% of CIOs report a lack of visibility into the technical and business risk of AI, creating governance blind spots as adoption accelerates.
- 78% of CIOs say they struggle with shadow AI, driven by unsanctioned tools, unclear usage, and weak enforcement.
- 82% of CIOs rely on enterprise architects to identify and assess AI-related risks, underscoring the need for architectural visibility into systems, dependencies, data flows, and capabilities.
The research highlights the role of enterprise architecture as a frontline capability for AI governance – not as static documentation, but as a decision-ready view of the enterprise that enables leaders to:
- Regain visibility into where AI is being used and where risk is accumulating.
- Strengthen AI governance with approaches that scale beyond manual controls.
- Align AI initiatives to enterprise capabilities and business outcomes.
“CIOs now have a clear mandate to unlock the value of AI while ensuring the business can trust it, scale it, and govern it responsibly,” said Steve Fulton, Orbus Software CEO. “Yet our research shows how difficult that balance has become. This report is designed to give CIOs a peer-led fact base they can take to the board, a clearer view of where AI is creating risk and duplication, and a practical roadmap to regain visibility, strengthen governance at scale, and connect AI investment to measurable business outcomes.”
The report is available now. Download your copy of The Global CIO Report – Enterprise AI Adoption: Risks, Readiness, and Ensuring Strategic Value here.
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